为什么当我使用conda安装环境时却没有提供最新版本

Question

So I have an old version of conda install

conda -V
conda 4.5.4

the current version of anaconda is 5.1 and it is running python 3.6.4

I wanted to test my code base on the newer version of conda so I tought I could install a new env first with conda and it would give me the latest version of the conda distribution

conda create -n py364 python=3.6 anaconda

I thought this would be installing the latest anaconda with python 3.6.4 but it is actually installing python 3.6.1

is it possible to install the new anaconda version in a env?

Answer 1

It can depends on your environement.

Test: conda search python to see the available versions for your environement.

Have you tried: conda create -n py364 python=3.6.4 anaconda ?

Answer 2

as @darthbith suggested in the comments

you should always update your conda version using

conda update conda

then if you call

conda create -n py364 python=3.6 anaconda

it will install the latest distribution of anaconda on the with python 3.6.

or you could also call

conda create -n conda51 anaconda=5.1

to install the actual distribution you are targeting